Opinion: Is Homework Really Helpful?

Homework for teens is at the bottom of our priorities. Many students don’t get home until 10 pm, sometimes 11 due to work. How are young adults supposed to have experiences, work,  shower, clean, have free time, socialize with family, and do hours worth of homework? Many teenage students don’t like homework. There’s always a …

Opinion: ACT-An Inadequate, Unfair, and Unrealistic Exam

Desks are meticulously placed in a bare classroom. Students occupy them, heads in their hands and pencils continuously moving in a circular motion. A clock ticks softly behind them; multiple faces peer back at it. This is the ACT, a test designed to ‘showcase what students have learned.’ Yet, it only displays a small portion …

Carter High School Should Teach A Third Language- ASL

Eleven million people in America suffer from severe or profound hearing loss (these people are under the loose term of deaf), and nearly 20% of the global population has some form of hearing loss. Yet, even though American Sign Language is the third most common language in America- besides English and Spanish, Carter High School …

The Mysterious Icecream Machine Says Its Final Goodbyes.

An infamous ice cream machine was removed from the lobby of the main building at Carter High School on January 26th, and yet nobody knew the whole story behind it. The machine spent its days in the building for almost two years now and yet had been broken since the second it arrived. It was …

Students Praise Mrs. Pollard’s Medical Class

Mrs. Pollard’s Health Science, Medical Therapeutics, and Medical Assisting classes are a great way for students to get involved in the medical field, have fun, and boost their GPA! With three levels, and numerous students in each class, a surprising amount of freshmen, and even upperclassmen know little about this great class. At face value, …